Yes dear friends!!! You have the opportunity to come to Spain for free now!!! This post is about the awesome Tarantas Recipe Contest and trip to Spain for the winner!!! So, if you are a food and wine lover, if you like cooking, if you live in America (any of ...

Remember when you were a child and you had one of those wonderful weekends outside the city when your parents took you to the forest, near a creek or by a poppy field; and you had no game boy nor a cell phone and just played with the things that ...

Being on a diet doesn't mean to be hungry all the time and to eat only salads! Guess who needs to start one... yes! Too many paellas, too many beers, too many fried potatoes, too many muffins... now I have to pay my tribute if I want to fit in ...

Today's Sunday... a lazy Sunday. March has started and if feels like spring already. We have gone for a walk by the river side, we've seen two male pheasants fighting for a female... couldn't see her at all. She was probably hidding behind the bushes. We've heard all kind of ...

Those of you familiar with this blog, already know about my passion for Japanese gastronomy. I simply love it; every recipe, dish, preparation is a work of art. It's about flavours, textures, colours... I do admire the simplicity/complexity and the beauty they achieve in every single dish!
Pictures are a must....

Have you tried to do this sushi upside down? It's called Uramaki and it's harder to roll than futomaki because the nori algae is not wrapping the rice here. Uramakis show the rice grains on their surface and are coated in fish roe or sesame seeds.
It was hard ...

Are you wondering how could I even get near to the Roquefort cheese? I wonder myself too... However, I love seeing my husband's face when eating one of these :D = Absolute pleasure! I keep myself 2 meters away and I still can smell that horrible aroma... sorry, cheese lovers, ...

Snails&Mint Tapa - Picture courtesy: Becky Lawton
This looks like a déjà vu to me... The Summer heat, my daughter being away to one of the most beautiful Spanish islands with her friends on a summer camp, me seating in front of the computer and thinking about a new ...

Olive oil is such a great representative of our Mediterranean gastronomy and culture. From my point of view, is one of the most important products we have. I don't think there's a single kitchen in Spain that doesn't have at ...

Starting this month of May, I'm planning to launch this new bimonthly Foodie Event: Eating Good Feeling Good.
Some of you already know that I started a diet back in January. Being a Foodie, it's been a bit harder but less than expected. I discovered how easy it is to follow ...